Literatura

Mr. Dombey is aman obsessed with his firm. His son is groomed from birth to take his place within it, despite his visionary eccentricity and declining health. Also has a daughter, whose unfailing love for her father goes unreturned. Girls. said Mr. Dombey, have nothing to do with Dombey and Son: When Walter Gave, a young clerk in her fathers office, rescues her from a bewildering experience in the streets of London, his unforgettable friends believe he is well on his way to receiving her hand in marriage and inheriting the company. lt is to be a very different type of story. This text son moved grown men to tears (Thackeray despaired of writing against such power as this), but its rich, comic characters and their joyful explosions of language draw laughter with equally unerring magic. Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. This text son moved grown men to tears (Thackeray despaired of writing against such power as this), but its rich, comic characters and their joyful explosions of language draw laughter with equally unerring magic. Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Más información

The story of the walking and talking puppet Pinocchio is one of the best-loved children\\\'s tales of all time. Carved by old Gepetto, Pinocchio has an enormous nose which grows even longer whenever he tells a lie. Pinocchio is such a scamp that he gets into all sorts of mischief. He runs away to join a puppet show, he teams up with a rascally fox and wily cat, and plays truant from school which has dreadful consequences. Eventually the conscience of a talking cricket and Pinocchio\\\'s guardian fairy restore him to good behaviour, obedience and care for others. Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés.Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Más información

The Red Badge of Courage is one of the greatest war novels of all time. It reports on the American Civil War through the eyes of Henry Fleming, an ordinary farm boy turned soldier, It evokes the chaos and the dull clatter of war: the acrid smoke, the incessant rumours of coming battles, the filth and cold, the numbing monotony, the unworldly wail of the dying. Like an Impressionist painter, Crane also captures the strange beauty of war: the brilliant red flags against a blue sky, steel bayonets flashing in the morning sun as soldiers step off into battle. In the midst of this chaotic outer world, he creates an intricate inner world as he takes us inside the head of Henry Fleming. Crane is now recognised as one of a handful of daring innovators who helped shape modern American fiction. Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés.Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Más información

The Little Prince is a classic tale of equal appeal to children and adults. On one level it is the story of an airmans discovery in the desert of a small boy from another planet the Little Prince of the titleand his stories of intergalactic travel, while on the other hand it is a thought-provoking allegory of the human condition. First published in 1943, the year before the authors death in action, this new translation contains Saint-Exupérys delightful illustrations. Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés.Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Más información

One of the great classics of Western literature, Les Misérables is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and meticulous historical description. Characters such as the absurdly criminalised Valjean, the street urchin Gavroche, the rascal Thenardier, the implacable detective Javert, and the pitiful figure of the prostitute Fantine and her daughter Cosette, have entered the pantheon of literary dramatis personae. The reader is also treated to the unforgettable descriptions of the Battle of Waterloo and Valjean\'s flight through the Paris sewers. Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés.Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés.Adquiera también el Volume one. Más información

One of the great classics of Western literature, Les Misérables is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal and meticulous historical description. Characters such as the absurdly criminalised Valjean, the street urchin Gavroche, the rascal Thenardier, the implacable detective Javert, and the pitiful figure of the prostitute Fantine and her daughter Cosette, have entered the pantheon of literary dramatis personae. The reader is also treated to the unforgettable descriptions of the Battle of Waterloo and Valjean\\\'s flight through the Paris sewers. Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés.Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés.Adquiera también el Volume two. Más información

This edition of the poetry of Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) includes all the poems contained in the Definitive Edition of 1940. In his lifetime, Kipling was widely regarded as the unofficial Poet Laureate, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. His poetry is striking for its many rhythms and popular forms of speech, and Kipling was equally at hare with dramatic monologues as he was with extended ballads. He is often thought of as glorifying war, militarism and the British Empire, but an attractive reading of his poems does not confirm that view. This edition reprints George Orwel\'s hard-hitting account of Kiplinp\'s poems, first published in 1942, and generally regarded as one of the most important contributions to critical discussion of Kipling.Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. His poetry is striking for its many rhythms and popular forms of speech, and Kipling was equally at hare with dramatic monologues as he was with extended ballads. He is often thought of as glorifying war, militarism and the British Empire, but an attractive reading of his poems does not confirm that view. This edition reprints George Orwel\'s hard-hitting account of Kiplinp\'s poems, first published in 1942, and generally regarded as one of the most important contributions to critical discussion of Kipling.Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. This edition reprints George Orwel\'s hard-hitting account of Kiplinp\'s poems, first published in 1942, and generally regarded as one of the most important contributions to critical discussion of Kipling.Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Más información

Daisy Miller is one of Henry Jamess most attractive heroines: she represents youth and frivolity. As a tourist in Italy, her American freedom and freshness of spirit come up against the corruption and hypocrisy of European manners. From its first publication, readers on both sides of the Atlantic have quarrelled about her, defending or attacking the liberties that Daisy takes and the conventions that she ignores. All three tales in this collection, Daisy Miller, An international Episode and Lady Barbarina, express Jamess most notable subject, the international theme, the encounters, romantic and cultural, between Americans and Europeans. His heroes and heroines approach each other on unfamiliar ground with new freedoms, yet find themselves unexpectedly hampered by old constraints.In An International Episode, an English lord visiting Newport, Rhode Island, falls in love with an American girl, but their relationship becomes more complicated when she travels to London.The unusual outcomes of these three tales pose a number of social questions about marriage and the traditional roles of men and women. Is an international marriage symbolic of the highest cultural fusion of values or is it an old style raid and capture Is marriage to remain the feminine destination Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. In An International Episode, an English lord visiting Newport, Rhode Island, falls in love with an American girl, but their relationship becomes more complicated when she travels to London.The unusual outcomes of these three tales pose a number of social questions about marriage and the traditional roles of men and women. Is an international marriage symbolic of the highest cultural fusion of values or is it an old style raid and capture Is marriage to remain the feminine destination Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. The unusual outcomes of these three tales pose a number of social questions about marriage and the traditional roles of men and women. Is an international marriage symbolic of the highest cultural fusion of values or is it an old style raid and capture Is marriage to remain the feminine destination Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Más información

When Dan and Una stage a performance of A Midsummer Nights Dream in a fairy ring, they are astonished by the appearance of Puck in person. He explains that he is the last of the People of the HiIIs, who started as gods before descending into this world. Puck leads the two children in a series of extraordinary historical adventures in which they meet Romans and Crusaders, Saxons and Vikings. Kiplings charming songs and verses, including the famous Smugglers Song, are placed between each thrilling story. The book is beautifully illustrated by H.R.Millar. Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés.Puck leads the two children in a series of extraordinary historical adventures in which they meet Romans and Crusaders, Saxons and Vikings. Kiplings charming songs and verses, including the famous Smugglers Song, are placed between each thrilling story. The book is beautifully illustrated by H.R.Millar. Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés.Nota: el contenido de este libro se encuentra en inglés. Más información